Detect Life is terrible

[Fedbia]

Please fix this.

[LeftIsBest-James]

yeah .. i kinda agree
i know there are npcs walking behind that wall - but when I cast it, i can barely see a single sparkle.

[Morgian]

There are two kinds of the spell which suck less. One is on a sigil stone with 120 or 150 range, and I found a helmet with 200 range on it. I can get neither with spellmaker or potions to these ranges.

[Frith Prey]

Unlike the original, you can't even see invisible npc's with it I think.

[ZemX]

They really tried too hard to make it look cool. The initial wave effect of casting the spell also serves to obscure the detected life forms for the first couple seconds too.

Super annoying form over function fail.

[MakiMaki]

Originally posted by Frith Prey:

Unlike the original, you can't even see invisible npc's with it I think.

Really? Works fine for me.

[FhqwhTODD]

Originally posted by MakiMaki:

Originally posted by Frith Prey:

Unlike the original, you can't even see invisible npc's with it I think.

Really? Works fine for me.

The effect is just so hard to see. But it is there indeed.

[Majora]

Originally posted by Frith Prey:

Unlike the original, you can't even see invisible npc's with it I think.

You totally can. The problem is the effect is just pathetically weak. I often can't see the purple sparkles even when someone is standing dead in front of me.

It's most useful in darker caves, then you definitely can make out the glow behind the walls.

[WhipperSnapper]

Maybe it has to do with graphics settings? I'm a mid-range PC and it works fine - yeah the effect is rather weak (so you have to pay attention), but it's great for checking corners without becoming visible.

[Stop Nakba Denial]

It always has been.

[RandalMcdaniel]

i thought detect life just didnt work.

Also my LIGHT spell never works and fizzles out after like 2 seconds

how the heck has this game not recieved a single update? not even a 1kb update

why are AAA video game developers always lizard men who are beyond communicating with?

[Supernautilus]

I use detect life constantly on my stealth archer. Works perfectly for me. Not sure what issue you guys are having.

[Mav99]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

Also my LIGHT spell never works and fizzles out after like 2 seconds

Light Spells are bugged, they currently only activate in 3rd person view. You can switch back to 1st person once they're active though.

As for detect live, it works for me. I enchanted a ring with a distance of 72. Would be nice to have it detect farther away, but it's still helpful this way. And I have no issue seeing people in caves or ruins. Doesn't really work in bright sunlight, of course. ;)

[Empukris]

The glow in remaster is terrible. It is very hard to see the glow which kill the purpose of the spell in the first place.

[PocketYoda]

I haven't had any issues, for me it looks fine.